Method of therapeuctic treatment and apparatus therefor.



J. H KELLOGG.

METHOD OF THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT AND APPARATUS THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1912.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

gmumato'a JOHN E. KELLOGG, OF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN.

METHOD OF THE RAIPEUTIG TREATMENT AND APPARATUS THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. V p Patented Feb, 9 1915 Application filed May 18, 1912. Serial No. 698,197.

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The objects of this invention are, first, to provide an improved method of administering radium emanations. Second, to provide an improved method of treatment by use of air or oxygen. Third,-to provide an improved therapeutic apparatus for the ad ministration of radium emanat1ons. l. ourth,

to provide an improved therapeutic apparatus for the treatment by means of air or oxygen.

Further objects, and objects relating to structural details, will definitely appear from the detailed description to follow.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and means described in the following specification.

The invention is clearly defined and pointed outin the claims.

A structure which is a preferred embodiment of my invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which is an illustration of my improved therapeutic apparatus for use in giving treatments according to my improved method, the 111115- tration being largely diagrammatic, the parts being mainly illustrated in conventional form and without regard to relative size or proportion, as the size and proportion and mounting of parts may be varied to a considerable extent to suit the require- .ments or the-taste of the user.

ing through the water takes up the emanation.

I have shown a charging pump at which is connected to the receptacle 3 by the pipe 5 which delivers into the receptacle below the water '6. and the discharge pipe con necting the receptacle to the tank.

'Ihe breathing mask 8 is adapted to cover the mouth and nose of 'the person being treated. The mask is connected to the reservoir 1' by the pipe 9 and to'the circulating pump 10, by the pipe 11, the -impure air being drawn from the mask by the pump and returned to the tank.

In order that the pulsations of the pump may be overcome or reduced, I interposean equalizing device between the pump and the mask. 'Ihe apparatus shown is simple and satisfactory, consisting of the receptacle or chamber 12 in which is suspended a rubber bag 13. This bag has a vent opening 14 into the atmosphere. The flexible wall or diaphragm 2 of the receptacle 1 also serves as an equalizing apparatus so that a substantially constant pressure and flow of air to the mask is maintained. Theequalizing apparatus between the pump and the mask is not an essential but is of advantage in the matter of the comfort of the patient being treated. I

Interposed between the connection for the pump and the reservoir is a purifying apparatus which, in the structure illustrated, consists ofthe receptacle 15 containing a bath ofsulfuric acid, the pipe 16 from the pump delivering into the receptacle/at the bottom so that the air bubbles up through the bath of acid and is purified and dried thereby. The air passes .from the re- 1 ceptacl 15 through the pipe17 into t he-bath of soda lime or other suitable material capable of taking up the carbonic acid gas CO The'pipe 17 delivers well toward the bottom of the receptacle 18 so that the air passes up through the soda lime and throughthe pipe 19 into the tank or reservoir 1. By this arrangement, the air is purified so thatthe patient breathes only pure air and a comparatively small quantity of air answers the purpose, which is, of course, a great advantage as it is' unnecessary to charge a large quantity of air with the radium emanation. The pipes 9 and 11 are provided with pinch or other suitable valves 20 and 21.

It is found that the radium emanation is attracted by negative electricity and repelled by positive. I take advantage of this fact to secure a retention of a greater portion-of the radium emanation in the patient by negatively charging the patient while taking the treatment. This not only causes a greater portion-of the radium emanation taken into the lungs to be retained but also prevents its passing from the body as rapidly as it otherwise would. Asa convenient means for charging the patient I provide a couch or other support 22 which is insulated as by the insulating mat 23 so that the patient may rest upon the couch while being treated, the couch being connected to the negative pole of the static machine 24: conventionally shown in the drawing. The positive pole of the machine I preferably connect tothe tank so that the deposit or collection of the radium on the walls of the tank is prevented, it being, as previously stated, repelled, by the positive electricity. By this simple mechanism I provide an apparatus which is very effectivefor the administration of radium and permits its administration at a comparatively small expense.

Heretofore, the treatment by radium emanation has been by charging the air of a' small room or apartment with the radium emanation and confining the person to be treated therein. The air rapidly becomes impure although it has been attempted to partially purifythe same by. placing in the room a fan or pump passing a portion of the air through a purifying apparatus, the air passed through the apparatus being drawn from the room and discharged into it. method. By my improved method only pure air reaches the person being treated and it is only necessary to charge a comparatively small quantity of the air, which, of course, is of great advantage from the point of economy.

The apparatus is efiicient and'efiective for the administration of oxygenized air or ozone or medicated air, although there are various medicaments which cannot be passed through the sulfuric acid bath and some other means of purifying should be sub stituted. Y

As stated,-I have not attempted to illustrate my apparatus with a regard to the proportion and structural details of the parts as these can be greatly varied according to the requirements of theparticular user.

Having thus described my invention,

' what I claim is new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: p

1. In a therapeutic apparatus, the combination of a reservoir provided with an equalizing means; a breathing mask provided'with an inlet and outlet, its inlet beng connected to said reservoir; a circulatmg pump connected to the outlet, of said This, it is obvious, is an ineflicient mask and to said reservoir to circulate the air from the reservoir through the mask; an equalizing device interposed in the connection for the mask to the pump; and a purifying apparatus interposed in the connection for the pump to the reservoir.

2. In a therapeutic apparatus, the combination of a reservoir; a breathing mask Tprovided with an inlet and outlet, its inlet being connected to said reservoir; a circulating pump connected to the outlet of said mask and to said reservoir to circulate the air from the reservoir through the mask:

-an equalizing device interposed in the connection for the mask to the pump; and a purifying apparatus interposed in the connection for the pump to the reservoir.

3. In a therapeutic apparatus, the combination of a reservoir provided with an equalizing means; a breathing mask provided with an inlet and outlet, its inlet being connected to said reservoir; a circulating pump connected to the outlet of said mask and to said reservoir to circulate the air from the reservoir through the mask; and a purifying apparatus interposed in the connection for the pump to the reservoir.

4. In a therapeutic apparatus, the combination of a reservoir; a breathing mask provided with an inlet and outlet, its inlet being connected to said reservoir; a circulating pump connected to the outlet of said mask and to said reservoir to circulate the forthe person treated, said reservoir beingposi'tively charged.

6. In a therapeutic apparatus, the combination of a reservoir; a breathing mask connect-ed to said reservoir; a'circulating pump connected to said mask and reservoir to circulate the air from the reservoir through the mask; a purifying apparatus interposed in the connection for the pump to the reservoir; and a negatively charged support for the person treated.

7, In a therapeutic apparatus, the combination of a tankprovided with a rubber diaphragm; a breathing mask provided with an inlet and outlet, its inlet being connected to said tank; a circulating pump connected to the outlet of said mask and to said tank to circulate the air from the tank through the mask; and an equalizing device interposed in the connection for the mask to the pump consisting of a chamber having a rubber bag suspended therein, the bag being vented into the atmosphere.

8. In a therapeutic apparatus, the combination of a tank; a breathing mask provided with an inlet and outlet, its inlet being connected to said tank; a circulating pump connected to the outlet of said mask and to said tank to circulate the air from the tank through the mask; an equalizing device interposed in the connection for the mask to the pump consisting of a chamber having a rubber bag suspended therein, the bag being vented into the atmosphere.

9. In a therapeutic apparatus, the combination of a tank provided with a rubber diaphragm; a breathin mask provided with an inlet and outlet, its inlet being con;

nected to said tank; a circulating pump connected to the outlet of said mask and'to said tank to circulate the air I from the tank through the mask; and a purifying apparatus interposed in the connection for the pumpcto the tank.

10. The method of treatment comprising the inhalation of air charged with radium emanation while the person treated is negatively charged.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two witnesses.

Mnn'ron W. WEN'rwoRTH, Wmnmn C. KELLoGo. 

